1 Samuel 10:18-19

18 and he said to the sons of Israel, "¹Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.'

19 "But you ²have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, 'No, but set a king over us!' Now therefore, ³present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans."

1 Samuel 10:18-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 10

In this chapter we read of Saul's being anointed king by Samuel, 1Sa 10:1, and of certain signs given as confirming the same, which should come to pass, and did, before Saul got to his father's house, 1Sa 10:2-13, of his arrival at his father's house, and of what passed between him and his uncle there, 1Sa 10:14-16, of Samuel's calling all Israel together at Mizpeh, and of the election of Saul by lot to be king, and of his being declared such, 1Sa 10:17-25, and of his return to his city, being respected by some, and despised by others, 1Sa 10:26,27.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 6:8, 9
• 2. 1 Samuel 8:6, 7; 1 Samuel 12:12
• 3. Joshua 7:14-18; Joshua 24:1; Proverbs 16:33

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "hand"
• [b] So with several mss and versions; M.T. "said to Him"